The Internet just became more scary. No, not because another round of thieves, hackers or porn sickos are there. It’s now the US Government that you need to worry about. The Electronic Frontier Foundation continues to uncover program material that provides unwarranted monitoring on social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter… without your permission [...]
Even though it happened at around 11:30 on a Sunday night, Barack Obama’s speech on the death of Osama bin Laden has become one of the most active Tweeting sprees of all time. “Twitter reached more than 4000 Tweets per second tonight at the beginning and end of President Obama’s speech,” Twitter wrote in an [...]
Apple is out with a detailed statement explaining how the company uses location data, an issue that has been at the forefront since last week when researchers revealed that the iPhone includes a hidden file that stores latitude, longitude and timestamps. The statement, which takes the form of ten questions and answers, leads with the [...]
The White House released President Barack Obama‘s birth certificate Wednesday, after years of speculation about whether he was actually born in the U.S. and eligible to be president. The birth certificate from Hawaii’s Department of Health confirms that Obama, who has already announced his intention to run for re-election in 2012, is indeed eligible. “The [...]
Checking Facebook on the Web or on your phone is so last week. Why not do it the retro way and sift through reams of printed sheets to read what your friends are up to? The Facebook Box, an invention of product designer Steve Murray, gives you a way to read and keep every status [...]
|
